Nuapada: In a tragic accident, three members of a family were killed after their bike was hit by a speeding truck in Komna area of Nuapada district.
As per information, the three were returning from a fair on a motorcycle when the accident took place. The deceased were identified as Guddu Dharua (22) and his nephews Hetaram Sabar (19) and Shyam Sabar (17) of Daldali village.
Sources said the three had gone to Nuapada to visit Kosali Sanskruti Mahotsav on Monday. After visiting the fair, they were returning home late in the night when a truck reportedly dashed against their bike on NH-353 near Daldali Chhak within Lakhana police station.
Locals rushed the three in an ambulance to the district headquarters hospital but doctors declared them dead on arrival.
The driver of the truck was stated to have fled the scene after the accident. Police initiated a probe into the incident and efforts are on to track the driver of the truck.
Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open.